| Garrett Hongo Personal Background: http://college.hmco.com/english/lauter/heath/4e/students http://www.poets.org/poets/Poets.cfm?prm1D=167 Garrett Kaouru Hongo was born in Volcano, Hawaii, on May 30, 1951. He is a yonsei, 4 th generation Japanese American. He lived on the North Shore of Oahu, before moving to South Central Los Angeles. Gardena, where Garrett grew up, was a Japanese American community surrounded by African Americans and Hispanics. This racial diversity had a great influence on Garrett. He graduated from Pomona College and the University of Michigan. He earned a Masters Degree from the University of California, Irvine. Now Professor Hongo teaches English at the University of Oregon. Writings: Garrett Hongo exclusively wrote poetry for many years. When he returned to his birthplace in Hawaii, he felt the need to express his feelings about his home in another form, so trained himself to write prose and his memoirs. He is also known as an essayist and editor. The Buddha Bandits down Highway 99. | |
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